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SST – Test N° …… : The evolution of Transportation  : /30

1) Current transportation routes:
a) Label the following transportation routes: /5
1. ......................................................

Location Built-up/urban area

Description Wide lane with trees
Infrastructure Sidewalks, lighting and drainage
Use Connect 2 neighbourhoods and travel
within them
Means of All means
transportation

2. …………………………………………………….

Location Outside of built-up area

Description Narrow, paved lane
Infrastructure No sidewalks, no drainage, no shoulders
Use Connect 2 agricultural zones
Means of All means
transportation

3. …………………………………………………………

Location Outside of built-up area

Description One wide lane
Infrastructure No sidewalks, shoulders that allow vehicles
to stop in case of emergency
Use To enter or exit a highway
Means of Motorized vehicles
transportation

4. ………………………………………………………….

Location Route along a waterway, in or outside of a

built-up area
Description One to two lanes
Infrastructure sidewalks, lighting, drainage
Use Connect neighbourhoods
Means of All means
transportation

5. …………………………………………………………

Location Outside of built-up area

Description Two to three lanes, separated by a meridian
Infrastructure No sidewalks, lighting, drainage, shoulders
Use Travel around the city
Means of Motorized vehicles
 transportation

b) Complete the description chart for each transportation route: /5

1. Dead-end Street:

Location built-up area

Description
Infrastructure sidewalks, lighting, drainage
Use
Means of Users of the dead-end street
transportation

2. Park:

Location
Description Green space
Infrastructure Public benches, lighting
Use
Means of Pedestrians, bicycles
transportation

3. Bicycle path:

Location Along a route or in a built-up area

Description Narrow route
Infrastructure
Use
Means of Bicycles
transportation

4. Highway:

Location Outside of built-up areas

Description Two to three lanes, separated by a meridian
Infrastructure
Use Long distance traveling
Means of
transportation

5. Boulevard:

Location
Description
Infrastructure sidewalks, lighting, drainage
Use Connect 2 neighbourhood and travel within them
Means of All means
transportation
2) Transportation in the past:

A. Compare these old and new images of transportation routes  : /5

1. Boulevard de la Sauvenière in 1918 and in 2010

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2. Rue des Guillemins in 1915 and in 2010

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3. Why were these modification made?

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3) Complete the following chart: /9

WHO? WHAT? WHEN?

First humans - ………………………………………… 2,5 million years ago
…………………………………………. By horse 2000 B.C.
Celts - …………………………………………. 1000 B.C.
Romans - ………………………………………… …………………….B.C. To …………/
And …………………………………………. …………………… A.D.
- Roman roads (for soldiers,
then for commerce)
………………………………………. - Improved ships …………… to ………………..
“Travellers” - …………………………………………… 1818 AD
English - ……………………………………………. 1811 AD
French/American - …………………………………………… 1803 AD
French - …………………………………………… 1769 AD
English - …………………………………………… ……………….
(pulled by horses)
American - …………………………………… (1st 1903 AD
flight)

4) Draw a timeline, showing the evolution of transportation from the Antiquity (2000BC) to the
Modern Era ( 1453): /6

Do it on another sheet of paper and don’ t forget to include the following: Title, Scale, Arrow,
Dots!